SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIf Russia takes out all the Internet cables like the news is saying. How much of that traffic can be re-routed to satellite?message-squaremessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1108arrow-down1message-squareIf Russia takes out all the Internet cables like the news is saying. How much of that traffic can be re-routed to satellite?SnausagesinaBlanket@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoNot just curved, but curved quite substantially, despite what your eyes may tell you. At eye level on a flat plain you can only see about 3 miles due to the curvature. The closest points across the Atlantic are 1,770 miles apart.
minus-squareDMBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoAt 10 meters, line-of-sight is over 10 km. From a jet traveling at 1 km, line-of-sight is over 100 km.
Not just curved, but curved quite substantially, despite what your eyes may tell you. At eye level on a flat plain you can only see about 3 miles due to the curvature. The closest points across the Atlantic are 1,770 miles apart.
At 10 meters, line-of-sight is over 10 km.
From a jet traveling at 1 km, line-of-sight is over 100 km.